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Experts on black-eyed peas to meet in Dakar

afrol News - Experts from around the world are expected to present the state of the art in cowpea research, building upon technological advances to move the science of cowpea forward, with the ultimate aim of identifying myriads of opportunities for cowpea growers to gain higher incomes, greater food security, and lead healthier lives.

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S/Korea to double aid to Africa

afrol News - South Korean President, Lee Myung-bak, has pledged to more than double aid to Africa over the next three years at the second Korea-Africa Forum.

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Mangroves in the Casamance (Senegal)

Environment - Nature | Science - Education

The Mangroves
an undervalued ecosystem


afrol News - Historically classified "unhealthy wastelands" or "useless swamps" by development-eager authorities and businesses, the mangrove forests actually are one of the most fascinating resources in tropical Africa. The trees manage to live on the edge between flooding rivers, tidal waves intruding with salt water and the drylands, where they create new land and environs rich in fish, birds, wood and other resources. Finally, their value is being discovered.

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Book title, Léopold Sédar Senghor

Culture - Arts

Francophone Literature:
From Negritude to Realism


afrol News - The wave of prices the Francophone writers, both African and Caribbean, have been winning the last years, has placed their works in the focus of world literature. Renovation seemingly is the most eye-catching they have achieved. Follow their way from the "Negritude" movement to modern realism.

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